Public hearing on Destiny's R&D park in Salina

A public hearing on Destiny USA's proposed research and development park, in Salina, is scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight at Salina Town Hall.

The public hearing is scheduled to be on the environmental impact statement, which outlines potential adverse impacts of the proposed $472 million project and ways to avoid or mitigate them. For more information on the statment, check out the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency site online.

The project is planned on 60.3 acres of land along the northeast corner of Seventh North Street and Interstate 81. An earlier proposal envisioned a larger research park, spanning 325 acres and costing $2.67 billion. That plan was opposed by the owners and operators of nearly 30 businesses whose land would have been taken by eminent domain.